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Budget

The Max & Murphy Show

Leading Senate Democrat: Drastic Moves Are Needed to Staunch 2nd Wave

By Jarrett Murphy | November 19, 2020

Manhattan’s Liz Krueger says bars and gyms must close if the city is to avoid another catastrophic experience with COVID-19.

The Max & Murphy Show

Lawmakers Waiting to See if Biden Victory Comes Before Fiscal Pain

By Jarrett Murphy | September 24, 2020

A Senate leader says talks are underway about whether to tax the rich to avoid cuts. But how deep the hole will be, and whether the federal government will step in to help fill it, are big unknowns.

Opinion

Opinion: New York’s Billionaires Can Afford to Help Save CUNY

By Luke Elliott-Negri | September 23, 2020

‘While I and many other CUNY employees are enraged at the chancellor’s handling of the crisis, he is also administering a system that was slashed in 1975 and gradually bled almost every year since.’

The Max & Murphy Show

The True Lessons the 1970s Fiscal Crisis Offers Pandemic NYC

By Jarrett Murphy | August 27, 2020

The crisis is held up as a morality tale about the limits of democracy and progressive government—lessons that some would apply to our current, pandemic-driven emergency.

Budget

Summer Youth Programs Still Reeling From Funding Cut and Late Reversal

By Jarrett Murphy | August 4, 2020

First the mayor moved to cancel SYEP. Then it was belatedly restored. Providers say the rush to get it up and running has made the summer harder than it needed to be.

Budget

Opinion: NY Faces Three More Years of Harmful Budget Cuts Unless Legislative Leaders Act Now

By Khaleel Anderson, Jabari Brisport, Emily Gallagher, Jessica González-Rojas, Chantel Jackson, Zohran Mamdani, Marcela Mitaynes, and Phara Souffrant Forrest | August 1, 2020

We look forward to voting for second passage of the Budget Equity Act next year, then working with community groups across the state on a public education and organizing campaign to persuade the voters to approve it on November 2, 2021.

Age Justice

Senior Services Start to Feel the Pain of City’s Budget Cut

By Roshan Abraham | July 30, 2020

The 2021 left out $15 million in previously promised money, and advocates are just now getting a look at what the reduced funds will mean.

Budget

Families Rally to Keep School’s Polish Dual-Language Program

By Wojtek Maslanka for Nowy Dziennik | July 29, 2020

A hard-won program is slated for cuts because of COVID-19.

Affordable Housing

Housing Advocates Still Hope to Save Funding for Affordable Construction

By Sadef Ali Kully | July 29, 2020

The recently passed budget shifted capital spending on housing to later years. But some in the housing world think good news from Washington could lead the city to change course.

Budget

Opponents of New Jail Celebrate Budget Postponement

By Lotus Chau for Sing Tao Daily | July 10, 2020

For the city’s borough-based jail plan, this is a temporary halt, not a permanent rest. And for the community members fighting the plan, there’s still a long way to go.

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